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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 364 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (The robot loop): Sense = taking in information with sensors (touch, light, sound, distance, camera). Think = the controller running the program and deciding. Act = doing something: motors move, a gripper grips, a buzzer beeps, a light shines. Then the loop starts again.

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  1. 1.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  4. 4.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  13. 13.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  18. 18.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  21. 21.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  36. 36.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) it counts the boxes (d) the wheels spin
  38. 38.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  40. 40.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. it counts the boxes
  2. a loop
  3. sense
  4. True
  5. the controller reads it
  6. a camera spots a wall
  7. a mic hears a clap
  8. act
  9. True
  10. act
  11. the controller reads it
  12. the motors turn it
  13. False
  14. it decides to stop
  15. True
  16. act
  17. the robot turns left
  18. True
  19. it decides to turn
  20. it plans the next move
  21. True
  22. the controller
  23. a bumper is pressed
  24. False
  25. a gyro feels a turn
  26. the controller reads it
  27. act
  28. think
  29. False
  30. a sensor checks distance
  31. think
  32. it drives on
  33. an LED lights up
  34. the bumper is pressed
  35. think
  36. False
  37. it counts the boxes
  38. False
  39. the wheels spin
  40. False

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